And hello again! Guess I can’t just cause a stir and then not start rating books. ;-) So I’ll try to get started right away… it’s just that there are sooo many books out there, I just don’t know where to start. Hmm, how about the one I’m reading just now: New England White by Stephen L. Carter. On the internet there has been a lot of praise for this book and also for the previous works of the author, especially his first novel The Emperor of Ocean Park. But after the first 200 of approx. 700 pages I was starting to ask myself why in the world this book had been designated a thriller. To me this was totally misleading because this novel is absolutely lacking the action and suspense of a real thriller. Guess this is evidence that I should stop buying second quality books ‘cause usually I like researching and comparing before I choose what to buy… but sometimes I cannot resist these bargains when I enter a bookstore (even though I mostly buy books via internet).
What I meant to say is that I was misguided by the (wrong) labelling because to me this is not a thriller. Nevertheless it’s a pretty good book. It’s well written and to me as a white European girl it was extremely interesting and informative. I was led into a whole new world and I’ve learned very much about an African-American point of view. In addition to that the story contains a great mystery that needs to be solved. Unfortunately, the way the author approaches that is fairly boring to me as an oldie in crimes and thrillers. The only thing holding up the excitement really just is this unsolved mystery and my endless curiosity. ;-) Maybe I would have liked it better if it hadn’t been labelled a thriller so I would have known what to expect.
Has anyone else read this book? What do you think? Was it enough “suspense” for you?!
Well, next time I’ll write about one of my real crime stories or thrillers – maybe one from Sweden?! Any preferences???
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